Is it possible to make process with K-3 US visa to move faster somehow?

[CaptB]

jb,

Regarding "WTF"........is this

Scott is bringing over a UW....as oposed to a RW. Country of "origin" of your "W" does matter as to average processing times for a K-1 (or K-3) visa. For instance Richard...who worked for me....married a PW (Philipino). In his discussions with others on a forum for Philipino women......seems the average processing times are "much" longer....with alot more hoops to jump through. Richard was married in the Philipines.....and so a K-3 which took 13 months for her to land here (almost as long as you and Etna). He said his time seems to be fairly average. It also appears that visas from Ukraine are moving through at a slightly faster pace......than those from Russia. Depends on "our" current relationship (politics) with a particular country. All K-1/K-3's are not created equal.................depends on "where" your "W" comes from.


Capt B

[William3rd]

uhhhh- not political relationships. backlog conditions. The old 2" filler with a 1" drain. . . . . and since everybody is set to emigrate from the Philippines over the next 25 years, it takes 13 months.

Ukraine has less cases than Moscow.

[olterry]

I know it can be very frustrating! I went through this myself. We got married in Canada. It took 5 painful months for me to get a visa. It is definitely easier and faster to do fiance visa (I don't know why).

I am still in the process of adjustment of status. It has been going on for almost 3 years!!! Can anyone tell me what I can do in this case?! 

[ScottinCrimea]

Some of the new changes in the visa process have slowed things down for us.  Before, you filled out the affidavit of support forms and sent them to your fiance/wife.  She would bring them with her to the embassy interview and they would review them there.  Now these forms must be sent to the National Visa Center for review.  They will not forward anything to the embassy until they have reviewed these and approved them.  Since I am now in Ukraine with my wife, for us this means I had to have these forms forwarded to me here, then I must send them back to the US.  It takes mail about 2 weeks each way.  Then God only knows how much time the NVC will need to review them, then the time to forward everything to Kiev and then wait for the embassy to send my wife the forms for her interview.

[ScottinCrimea]

Okay, I sent the affidavit of support forms off to the NVC after paying the $70 fee, even though it was my understanding that this was to be sent to my wife to bring with her to the embassy interview.  Well today, things got even screwier because my wife got a letter from the NVC telling her that she must send the $380 Immigrant Visa Application Processing Fee to them before they will continue processing.  Again, it has always been my understanding that this was to be paid at the embassy at the time of her interview.  It seems that they are not doing the customary consular processing but instead are progressing as if my wife were already in the US.  Maybe this is because we didn't file an I-129 along with it, but even then I didn't think the processing was all done in the US.  Anyone have any ideas about this other than pure speculation?

[William3rd]

There were several changes in the last year or so-most of them involve the centralization of processing. NVC collects the IV fee bill and the 864 processing fee.

Usually the 864 bill and IV bill are received by the petitioner in one packet but then usually the petitioner is living in the US.

[ScottinCrimea]

This doesn't explain why Wayne B, who filed his petition after mine, had all of this done through the Kiev embassy as was done before.  Could it be because, by not filing the I-129, there is no need for an AOS so everything is done instead at the NVC?

[William3rd]

It doesnt sound like you are processing a K3 visa.

It sounds more like an IR petition. The IV fee and I864 bill are not paid on the K.

K visas are "pass-throughs" at the NVC. The whole purpose of K3 is to allow an IR to "wait" in the US pending the approval of the underlying I130 Petition.

To answer you properly I need to know exactly what you did so far.

[ScottinCrimea]

I filed an I-130 petition for my wife while I was in Texas, listing my residence there. This was approved by the USCIS and sent to the NVC.  My wife was then sent an agent of choice form which she completed and returned.  I received an affidavit of support fee bill for $70, which I sent.  After they received this, I was sent the affidavit of support petitioner packet which told me to download form I-864, complete it and send it along with all supporting documentation to the NVC.  I did this Monday fron here in Simferopol so I'm sure they havent' received it yet.  By the way, all correspondence to me goes to my Texas address and is then forwarded to me, so the fact that I'm now in Ukriaine shouldn't make any difference, since they don't know.  Now today comes the letter to my wife acknowledging receipt of the Agent of Choice letter and including a fee bill for the $380 processing fee.  I think you are right, this is more of an IR process but I thought the general process was the same only that it won't be necessary for me to file an AOS once she gets to the US.  So when does the embassy step into the picture?

[William3rd]

Once the fee bill has been paid and the I864 is submitted, the NVC will review the 864 materials and then send the whole packet to the consulate for further action. They should be sending it out shortly after the 864 is received by them.

Your wife will be entering the US as an immigrant and would get her alien registration card in the mail some weeks after her arrival.

You are not a K3 case. This is the standard process for an approved I130 petition. You will not be doing an AOS here in the states although you two may have a future obligation to remove conditional residency status.

[Ste]

Blimey, what I parlaver is the Holy Grail of the US Green Card! Reminds me of this from Monty Python's Meaning of Life.....

Will those of you who are playing in the match this afternoon move your clothes down onto the lower peg immediately after lunch, before you write your letter home, if you're not getting your hair cut, unless you've got a younger brother who is going out this weekend as the guest of another boy, in which case, collect his note before lunch, put it in your letter after you've had your hair cut, and make sure he moves your clothes down onto the lower peg for you. If you're not getting your hair cut, you don't have to move your brother's clothes down to the lower peg.  You simply collect his note before lunch, after you've done your scripture prep, when you've written your letter home, before rest, move your own clothes onto the lower peg, greet the visitors, and report to Mr. Viney that you've had your chit signed.

Simple!

[William3rd]

Didnt Monty Python consult on the original INS procedures?

Run Away!!!!!!!!

[catzenmouse]

Ste,

 If only it were that simple. The Python boys could do their best to make is confusing and still not come close to how bad it really is dealing with the lovely and talented USCIS.

Ken

[SANDRO43]

The Python boys could do their best to make is confusing and still not come close to how bad it really is dealing with the lovely and talented USCIS.

Well, in their Flying Circus they did have sketches on the Ministry of Silly Walks (), and on the Argument Clinic where John Cleese offered 5-mimute paid sessions and ALWAYS won his arguments .